to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash
rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water
to whirl; to eddy; to be all jumbled together (feelings, thoughts, etc.); to surge; to sweep
bank; weir; embankment; levee
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to blow violently; to sweep over; to devastate
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
dry riverbed; river beach
to blow away; to blow off; to dispel; to drive away; to talk big
to fall flat; to fall face down
careful observation; close attention
power; might; authority; influence
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
heavy flooding; disastrous flood; deluge; great flood (sent by a deity); flood myth
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
pointing out; identification
independent training (e.g. of athletes working without a coach)
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
strongly; violently; quickly; suddenly
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
freezing; turning into ice; freezing; locking up; freezing (in one's tracks); frieze (part of an entablature between the architrave and the cornice)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all